1929 Chicago Cubs Murderer’s Row Signed Baseball Hack Wilson Rogers Hornsby JSA

Through the late 1920s, the deafening blare of “Murderer’s Row” simply wouldn’t subside. The term, of course, was an epithet adopted by the 1927 Yankee sluggers (and in particular – Ruth, Gehrig, Combs, Lazzeri, and Bob Meusel, whose composite numbers were .347 average, 139 home runs, and 608 RBI). Here’s a baseball autographed by a different “Murderer’s Row” than to which we are accustomed – that of the slugging quintet of the 1929 Chicago Cubs. The sluggers on the Row of the Cubs included Rogers Hornsby, Kiki Cuyler, Hack Wilson, and Riggs Stephenson, each described by their familiar names (Rajah, Kiki, Hack, and Stevie). They were evidently taking umbrage to those damn Yankees. The latter five penned their signatures to this Official National League (Heydler) baseball.From the west panel and extending into the sweet spot we find the signature of Rogers Hornsby; then on the east panel extending into the sweet spot, there appears Capt. Charlie Grim ; Hack Wilson and Riggs Stephenson